Eroding Abortion Rights Is Just the Beginning

02.24.17 - Nancy Northup, president and CEO of
the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Rachel B. Tiven, chief executive of
Lambda Legal, have dedicated their lives to fiercely defending the rights of
women and same-sex couples.

Now under threats from a president
committed to eroding the hard-won victories of the organizations they each lead,
Northup and Tiven have joined forces in this powerful Washington
Post op-ed where
they write:

What is
at stake is more than LGBT rights or abortion rights. It’s our right under the
Constitution to decide who we are and to make the most intimate and personal
decisions in our life without government interference — and to do so with
dignity.

Crucial to protecting these rights
is Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. Will he respect precedent and established
legal protections for abortion and same-sex marriage? Every American—no matter
their gender or sexuality—has the right to know.